Grilled Brussel Sprouts

Talk about prosaic!

My buds are off to Atlanta, schmoozing and partying at RWA 2013 and what am I doing?

Writing about brussel sprouts.

DO NOT MOCK ME.  It's really not nice to do because maybe my brussel sprouts are every bit as good as a writers' conference... great restaurants... Atlanta, a city ripe with history and great baseball... and my buds are there, Seekervillagers, gathering. Toasting. Laughing. (Note that my attempts at self-comfort are LAME.... )

But here's the thing: Grilled Brussels are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

I'm not kiddin' youse, I'm not joshin', I'm 100% sincere!  (Bear in mind I won sales awards in my day, therefore taking anything I say with a grain of salt is highly recommended.)

I started with some infused olive oil I bought at one of those cute olive oil/vinegar shops that our mothers would have laughed at...

But regular olive oil would be fine and dandy!

Then I sprinkled one of Dave's favorite seasonings, heavy on black pepper....

and grilled over medium-high heat, rolling them around every couple of minutes.

I did discover that if they're BIG sprouts, they take longer. I like them a little better done, and this batch had sprouts-on-steroids, you know MUSCLE-BOUND BRUSSEL SPROUTS, so I should have given them a little longer.

I didn't because I was so starving to death! (melodramatic, par for the course around here).... And here's a pic of our picket fence project, aka: how to keep teenage girls busy and creative in July!!!!

And behind the house, back in the hollow, is a room.....  Peeks at the new family room courtesy of Bob Dean Remodeling, #SO EXCITED!!!!

First, here is what is left of the laundry room:

Talk about rustic appeal, right????  :)

This old window is staying forever because I love it:

The side windows open as "doors", swinging back. This used to be a kitchen window in this 159 year-old house!

So that wall-papered and boarded up wall is the new entry into the family room.... And here is the room with walls, windows, roof, insulation, beams... Do you love those prairie windows????  I do!

And the swamp beyond is home to my peepers, frogs, snakes, birds, critters of all kinds. I'm hoping for visual science lessons from inside as needed!

And this is 'Lijah, cooking:

While "Z-Z" drives off to rescue people in his big, black truck:

I'd let that little hero rescue me anytime!!!

So the construction zone continues, but SO EXCITING!!!!!

Dancing in upstate!